1. The side that is forward or prominent
   "The front of the ship was damaged in the collision";
   - front end, forepart
    
2. The line along which opposing armies face each other
   "Reporters were embedded with troops at the front";
   - battlefront, front line
    
3. The part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
   "he walked to the front of the stage"
    
4. The side that is seen or that goes first
   "The front of the house needed a fresh coat of paint"
    
5. The outward appearance of a person
   "he put up a bold front"
    
6. The immediate proximity of someone or something
   "he was well behaved in front of company";
   - presence
    
7. (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
   "The cold front brought a sudden drop in temperature and heavy rainfall"
    
8. A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
   "he led the national liberation front";
   - movement, social movement
    
9. A person used as a cover for some questionable activity
   "The crime boss used a respectable businessman as a front for his illegal operations";
   - figurehead, nominal head
    
10. A sphere of activity involving effort
    "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"

1. Relating to or located in the front
   "the front lines"; "the front porch"

1. Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
   "The house fronts north";
   - look, face
    
2. Confront bodily
   "front the storm";
   - breast
    
3. Lead or be the spokesperson for
   "She fronted the band for over a decade"

Derived forms: fronts, fronted, fronting

See also: 1st, advance, advanced, anterior, first, fore, foremost, frontal, frontmost, head-on, in advance

Type of: appearance, area, arena, atmospheric phenomenon, confront, deceiver, domain, face, field, lie, line, orbit, place, position, proximity, side, slicker [informal], social group, sphere, trickster

Antonym: back

Part of: battlefield, battleground, field, field of battle, field of honor [US]

Encyclopedia: Front, Piedmont